Before eating in Japan, you say "itadakimasu" (let's eat!) but it literally means I'm going to take your life :)

March was ready to leave the stage to April when his plane landed in San Francisco. His mind was full of dreams without any idea of how things were about to go. He only knew one thing: he wanted to meet Marc Benioff. The day he turned the last page of The Business of Changing the World, Keisuke realized that he wanted to be one of the people whose everyday act would make a difference in someone’s life. He left his country for the hub of technology and social innovation to meet someone he knew he could not have an easy access to. When he entered into the headquarters of Salesforce and asked to see the CEO, the negative response did not surprised him that much. After all, he was just a stranger coming from Japan to San Francisco, just because he has read a book and wanted to meet its author…

While staying in San Francisco without a specific idea about what he wanted to do next, Keisuke came across Hult International Business School and discovered its Master of Social Entrepreneurship. He already knew that he wanted to change the world but he never thought of going back to school. Hult was advertising a program full of people from different parts of the world having the same passion. Since he understood that he needed to learn and work with other people, Keisuke decided that the next months of his life would be spent in learning how we can do business while still taking care of people and the planet.

Today, with two classmates from the MSE program, Keisuke founded Musana. The team is competing for the Hult Prize 2016, and wants to offer an efficient infrastructure to street vendors allowing them to conduct and grow their business in a safe, legal and innovative way. It could have been just another story about three guys claiming that they want to change things. But Musana founders are not just dreamers and talkers, they are also doers. Few weeks ago Keisuke, Manon and Taliey went for a trip to Kampala, to test the prototype of their solar powered carts and receive feedback from their future customers. Seeing their pictures during that trip to Uganda and learning more about their personal stories made me realize again how blessed I am to be surrounded by amazing people. I strongly believe that Musana carts will help thousands of people living in slums to improve their living conditions. Learn more on their Facebook page and help them to reach their goal.

Although he initially came to San Francisco to meet one person, Keisuke is now sharing a journey with more than sixty people. He is currently one of our representatives in the student association, and I can assure you that he loves taking care of others. Talking about him, Manon said “He is very supportive and never get upset about useless things. While I can get upset very easily, he helps me to balance. I can be fire, and Keisuke would be the water.”

Keisuke knows that he will not go back to Japan soon because other places of the world are more in need of social entrepreneurs. Of course he loves his home country for the safety, the food, and the soft culture, but he wants to be out of his comfort zone and the adventure just started…

Oh I almost forgot to tell you! He met Marc Benioff at the starbucks on the other side of Salesforce offices. So keep in mind that being said no doesn't have to stop you from achieving whatever you want.

Les Chroniques De Tchonté

Young African woman addicted to God, Books, Ice Cream, Travels, Writing and much more. I want to transform the education system in Cote d'Ivoire. Isn't that great or crazy? Fotamanan (Welcome in Senoufo) to my world. Take a seat!

Les chroniques de Tchonté

Young African woman addicted to God, Books, Ice Cream, Travels, Writing and much more. I want to transform the education system in Cote d'Ivoire. Isn't that great or crazy? Fotamanan (Welcome in Senoufo) to my world. Take a seat!